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Management of patients with neuromuscular disease

Title
Management of patients with neuromuscular disease / John R. Bach.
Author
Bach, John R., 1950-
Publication
Philadelphia, Penn. : Hanley & Belfus, c2004.

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Description
xvi, 414 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Patient Care
  • Ethics, Clinical
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-397) and index.
Contents
Sect. I. The Evaluation and Management Concerns Through All Stages -- 1. Disease Assessment and Evolution -- 2. Medical Therapies and Research -- 3. Nutrition / John R. Bach, Irving I. Haber and Jill Gaydos -- 4. Swallowing and Gastrointestinal Concerns / John R. Bach, Ken Swan, Marta S. Kazanjian and Ann Gulyas -- 5. Cardiac Management / Yuka Ishikawa and John R. Bach -- Sect. II. The Physical Intervention Stages -- 6. Stage 1: The Ambulatory Stage -- 7. Stage 2: Stage of Loss of Ambulation -- 8. Conventional "End-Stage" Management / John R. Bach and Ira Holland -- Sect. III. The Stage of Prolonged Quality Survival (Stage 3) -- 9. The Physiologic Basis of Aiding Respiratory Muscles / John R. Bach and Cees van der Schans -- 10. Noninvasive Respiratory Muscle Aids: Intervention Goals and Mechanisms of Action / John R. Bach, Barbara Rogers and Angela King -- 11. Respiratory Muscle Aids: Patient Evaluation, Respiratory Aid Protocol, and Outcomes -- 12. Pediatric Respiratory Management -- 13. Quality of Life and Ethical Issues.
ISBN
1560536047
LCCN
9781560536048
OCLC
  • ocm52953063
  • SCSB-4820856
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries